Arthur Sleight
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry
Arthur Sleight
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry
Emphasis on the synthesis of new oxides with novel properties. Structure determination using primarily neutron diffraction. The materials' properties include superconductors, transparent conductors, proton conductors, catalysts, and oxides with metal-insulator transitions.
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow (1963-1964) University of Stockholm
Ph.D. (1963) University of Connecticut
B.A. (1960) Hamilton College
Research areas
Materials ChemistryPublications
- Thermal Contraction, A.W. Sleight, Nature 389: 923-924 (1997).
- Sooty Superconductors, A.W. Sleight, Nature: 350:557-558 (1991).
- Negative Thermal Expansion from 0.3 K to 1050 K in ZrW2O8, T.A. Mary, J.S.O. Evans, A.W. Sleight, and T. Vogt, Science 272:90-92 (1996).
- Chemistry of High-Tc Superconductors, A.W. Sleight, Science 242:1519-1527 (1988).
- Heterogeneous Catalysts, A.W. Sleight, Science, 208:895-900 (1980).
Awards
- Welch Foundation Lecturer (1988 and 1998)
- American Chemical Society Award for Chemistry of Materials (1997)